Tomba!/Tomba! 2
Great Games You, Probably, Never Played
Speaking of really unique games that don’t play like anything else, the Tomba! series fits that bill perfectly as well. On its surface the Tomba! series might appear… confusing. It features a pink-haired boy running around and jumping on pigs for some reason.
Beneath its bizarre appearances, though, is a unique mix of platforming, puzzle-solving, and RPG gameplay. Tomba! has an expansive world that grows more zany and interesting as you progress through it.
You’ll need to navigate platforming sections as you go from place to place and along the way, you’ll arrive at towns and meet characters that need your help. While some quests are required to complete the story, others are side quests that can increase your score, which is yeah, again, a strange marriage of old-school scores in platformers and RPG gameplay.
It’s colorful, charming, and I really can’t come up with another game that plays like Tomba! other than its own sequel Tomba! 2. It’s remembered fondly by those that gave it a shot back in that era, and it’s perhaps why copies of the game to this date still go for a pretty penny.
